G4S

2023 - 3 - 27

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Correctional Services Department must scrap 25-year deal with G4S ... (Eyewitness News)

The police union called on the government to end its partnership with the multinational security company to run Mangaung Prison, following Thabo Bester's ...

[Bester's prison break](https://ewn.co.za/2023/03/25/thabo-bester-did-not-die-in-a-fire-but-escaped-from-prison-confirms-dcs) gripped the country's attention, with new details of his escape coming to light. [chasing profits over security](https://ewn.co.za/2023/03/27/thabo-bester-escape-popcru-accuses-g4s-of-chasing-profits-over-security), calling for the government to scrap both contracts and take over the facilities. JOHANNESBURG - The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) called on the Department of Correctional Services to revoke the 25-year contract it had with G4S to run Mangaung Prison, following the brazen escape by Facebook Rapist,

IN-DEPTH | After Thabo Bester escape, private-prison company G4S ... (News24)

Abuses and poor management of the Mangaung correctional facility have been around for a decade now and it's believed that a lack of accountability enabled ...

The case of the missing "Facebook rapist" Thabo Bester has placed the state of correctional facilities, and particularly the privately-run G4S prison, in the spotlight. As the country searches for answers, and the authorities search for Bester and his accomplices, the web of scams and lies that surrounds the man also known as "Tom Motsepe" grows.

G4S insists Thabo Bester died in fire (TimesLIVE)

Security company G4S maintains convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester died in his prison cell and is not at large.

We don't seem to find each other with the contractor in terms of our findings and their findings,” said Nxumalo. “We are now engaging with the second leg, in terms of what the contact says when it comes to an escape. “There are disagreements.

Security company G4S maintains Bester died in his cell (eNCA)

The Department of Correctional Services says it is in talks with security company G4S to get to the bottom of what transpired on the day Thabo Bester ...

The real Thabo Bester says his life has been a living hell since his identity was stolen. READ: A Heidelberg man is trying to reclaim his identity and prove that he is not the infamous Facebook rapist.

Despite all evidence G4S insists Thabo Bester died in fire, Popcru ... (Citizen)

The police union also called on the government to end its partnership with the multinational security company to run Mangaung Prison.

We don’t seem to find each other with the contractor (G4S) in terms of our findings and their findings,” said Nxumalo So, we think that things cannot continue the way they are. “We are now engaging with the second leg, in terms of what the contract says when it comes to an escape. [Mangaung](https://www.citizen.co.za/tag/mangaung/) prison, following the brazen escape by Thabo Bester. [escape](https://www.citizen.co.za/tag/prison-escape/) gripped the country’s attention, with new details of his escape coming to light. [Department of Correctional Services (DCS)](https://www.citizen.co.za/tag/department-of-correctional-services/) said it is in talks with G4S to get to the bottom of what transpired on the day Thabo Bester allegedly died.

'Facebook rapist' escapes from prison and on run after staging his ... (Mirror.co.uk)

Thabo Bester, who targeted his victims by finding them on Facebook, was found "dead" last May after a burned body was left in his cell - but he was later ...

"Based on the above, a plausible conclusion will mean that the said body referred to above is not of Thabo Bester. "Critical at this stage is for Thabo Bester to be found. "The post-mortem report further revealed that there were no signs of smoke inhalation in the body. It has to be stated that this statement only provides an account from DCS as SAPS is still seized with the matter and conducting its own investigation. "In line with the Concession Contract, two officials from the DCS were appointed by the Controller (an official of DCS) to conduct an investigation into the incident. The Department of Correctional Services said in a comment: "On 3 May 2022, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) received a report from Mangaung Correctional Centre, a public-private partnership (PPP) facility contracted to Bloemfontein Correctional Contracts, operated by G4S, indicating that offender Thabo Bester committed suicide by setting himself alight in his cell at about 3.25am.

G4S Says Thabo Bester Died in His Cell Despite DNA Evidence ... (Briefly)

G4S, the global security company maintaining Mangaung Correctional Services, is adamant that escaped prisoner, Thabo Bester, died in his cell in May 2022.

[eNCA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3lqhbztTtI) that there is no common ground between the department's and G4S's findings. Still, the security company maintaining Mangaung Correctional Services is pouring cold water on the claim that Bester is a "free man". Lol, what a movie we are living in." Someone must face the rock music NOW!" "Someone advised them to buy more time. He also expressed concern about the department's oversight role at private prisons.

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